Monitoring the spread of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus as a new biological agent for control of wild European rabbits in Australia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-428

  Kovaliski, John ^a  

^a Government of South Australia Department of Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; European rabbit; Monitoring; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Rabbit hemorrhagic disease; Transmission rate

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLOOD; CALICIVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; RABBIT; SEASON; SPLEEN; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; LIVER; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; SEASONS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0032113704     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.421     Document Type: Article

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